HAVING FUN BEING IRISH PARADES MARK ST. PATRICK'S DAY.Byline: Michael Gougis Staff Writer With the green a-wearin' and bagpipes bagpipes Noun, pl a musical wind instrument in which sounds are produced in reed pipes by air from an inflated bag bagpipes npl → gaita sg bagpipes blaring, a stream of revelers marched Wednesday along Sherman Way to celebrate St. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
``I'm celebrating my culture,'' said Christian Lee Christian Lee (born August 10 1976, in Aylesbury, England, UK) is a British professional footballer. His natural position is striker although he has also operated in defence. He has a goal-scoring ratio of 0.17 goals per game - just over a goal every 6 matches. , 25, of Panorama City, who was among the hundred-plus crowd gathered for the second annual Historic Old Town Canoga Park St. Patrick's Day Celebration. St. Patrick, Ireland's patron saint patron saint Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually made on the basis of some real or presumed relationship (e.g., St. , established monasteries, schools and churches across the Emerald Isle Emerald Isle Noun Poetic Ireland Noun 1. Emerald Isle - an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Hibernia, Ireland and is credited with aiding its conversion to Christianity Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person to some form of Christianity. The exact understanding of what it means to attain salvation varies somewhat among denominations. . The date of his death in the fifth century - March 17 - has been celebrated in Ireland and elsewhere ever since. Participants at the Canoga Park event - including a mariachi band sporting large shamrocks - marched from the Madrid Theatre to the Follow Your Heart restaurant, where traditional and vegetarian Irish fare and live music awaited. Along the way, harp music wafted about, and marchers were regaled by authentically attired True Thomas (Robert Seutter) of North Hollywood, who spun traditional Celtic tales. The Canoga Park event was one of several St. Patrick's Day events, including a parade and concert in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , where Screen Actors Guild President Melissa Gilbert and her husband, actor Bruce Boxleitner, were grand marshals. Sponsored by the Canoga Park Improvement Association, the local event was designed to draw attention to some of the improvements that have occurred along the stretch of Sherman Way. Echoing the legend of St. Patrick's driving the snakes from Ireland, ``We've sort of made a theme of our getting rid of graffiti, getting rid of litter, in the area,'' said Mary Paterson, executive director of the Canoga Park Improvement Association. ``This has become a better place to live, shop and play,'' said Don Sanelli, vice-president of the association, who was dressed as St. Patrick. While positive publicity was a plus, for most, the saint was the reason for the day's events. ``I do Scottish folk dance, and anything to do with music, I come out for,'' said Leah Moses of Canoga Park. ``Besides, I love St. Patrick's Day.'' Michael Gougis, (818) 713-3762 michael.gougis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Dave Melvin, a detective and player of bagpipes, pauses after marching with the Los Angeles Police Emerald Society on Wednesday in the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Los Angeles. The parade was one of several St. Patrick's Day events. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer (2) Kathleen Bauer holds a leprechaun leprechaun (lĕp`rəkŏn), Irish fairy represented as a tiny old man. Leprechauns are mischievous and elusive creatures, said to possess buried crocks of gold, the location of which they will reveal if forced. Wednesday during the second annual St. Patrick's Day Parade March along Sherman Way in Canoga Park. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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